Press Releases

The U.S. Department of Education today announced the availability of $25 million to help loan servicers in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program retrain and redeploy workers most affected by the higher education provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, which eliminated new loan originations under the bank-run FFEL program.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that Michigan will receive nearly $136 million to turn around its persistently lowest achieving schools through the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that Oregon will receive $34.4 million to turn around its persistently lowest achieving schools through the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program. These funds are part of the $3.5 billion that will be made available to states this spring from money set aside in the 2009 budget and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The U.S. Department of Education has released the Evaluation of the Implementation of the Rural and Low-Income School (RLIS) Program: Final Report, which shows that districts receiving funds from the Rural and Low-Income School (RLIS) program reported that they used the funds to purchase technology, to provide professional development for teachers and to support instructional programs des

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that Rhode Island will receive $12.5 million to turn around its persistently lowest achieving schools through the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program. These funds are part of the $3.5 billion that will be made available to states this spring from money set aside in the 2009 budget and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that Florida will receive $170.2 million to turn around its persistently lowest achieving schools through the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program. These funds are part of the $3.5 billion that will be made available to states this spring from money set aside in the 2009 budget and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that North Dakota will receive $9 million to turn around its persistently lowest achieving schools through the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program. These funds are part of the $3.5 billion that will be made available to states this spring from money set aside in the 2009 budget and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that Louisiana will receive $67.6 million to turn around its persistently lowest achieving schools through the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program. These funds are part of the $3.5 billion that will be made available to states this spring from money set aside in the 2009 budget and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan hailed the enduring impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, saying that "our nation's schools are freer from discrimination today and provide far more opportunity for all students than a half-century ago." The landmark law, Secretary Duncan said, set the nation "on a path towards justice and educational equality--yet many civil rights challenges per

Federal student aid will increase and become more accessible for millions of college students and their families under provisions of the recently passed Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, which take effect today. The biggest and most important change is the elimination of the bank-based, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program.